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I think the show went well! The playlist is here in case anyone is interested.

It was a little shambolic behind the scenes, though Georg told me he couldn't tell by listening. I had a couple of flubs, the worst being I read the same PSA twice, and realized it in the middle of the second read-through. I probably should have just kept going, instead of stopping and saying "Wait, I've already read this one!" I would say I'll know better next time, but here's hoping there is no next time for that one.

It was great having Santa Salsera sit in on the show. She brought a good perspective to the theme, not to mention her incredible music collection, & had some really interesting things to say about the artists we played. I really hope we can do another Latin theme show like this in the future.

ETA: I forgot to mention the one annoying thing that happened: a long-time regular listener called, told me he was going to have to "educate" me, and tried to convince me, tried to get me to say on the air, that the Andrews Sisters were of Afro-Cuban descent. Excuse me, Afro-Cuban? I've seen their picture. At least try for something remotely plausible. But I guess tricking a dj into saying something stupid on the air seems funny, and I guess the more outrageous the dubious factoid, the funnier the prank. I'm just glad we have access to Google in the control room.

Note to self: from now on, check all information provided by listeners before repeating it on the air. Well, the Birthday Man (who writes in every week to let us know who had a birthday) seems knowledgeable and not mean enough to trick me. Everyone else, I will fact check.

(Santa Salsera and I did Google the Andrews Sisters and they are half Greek, half Norweigian.)